Publishing Newsanniversary / Avon / book banning / China / churches / diversity / fairy tale / Free Speech / Hong Kong / publishing / Race / scholastic / slavery / Taiwan / weddings / Woodiwiss6 Comments
One of Hong Kong’s missing booksellers just reappeared to confess to an 12-year-old crime – With Sweden increasing its interest in the disappearance of one of the missing publishers, Gui Minhai was shown on state-run television confessing to a drunk-driving accident in which he allegedly killed a woman more than ten years ago. ... more >
C ReviewsAlternate History / biracial heroine / scholastic / World War II / Young-Adult3 Comments
Dear Ms. Richmond, For the benefit of our readers, I’m going to repost the cover copy here. It’s been a while since I’ve read an alternate history, and I’m realizing it’s awfully hard to be concise when describing it! In a stunning reimagining of history, debut author Caroline Tung Richmond ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsFantasy / female friendship / ghosts / mothers and daughters / Native American / scholastic / Young-Adult9 Comments
Dear Ms. Bow, It’s not often that we stumble across North American-based fantasy, let alone North American-based fantasy that draws upon indigenous cultures. I admit this quality was what drew me to your novel. Like I’ve said in the past, when it comes to certain things, I’m easy. Sorrow’s Knot ... more >
Publishing Newsdedicated device / scholastic / Simon & Schuster / trends16 Comments
What Your Email Inbox Count Says About You – I thought this was a funny categorization of people based on the unread email messages in an inbox. What it doesn’t really identify is how many emails are read but not responded to. Currently I have 47. Most times I get ... more >
A- Reviewsmiddle grade / mystery / scholastic4 Comments
Dear Ms. Frazier, After I admittedly adored your YA debut novel of last year, Everlasting, I have been looking forward to this book. Middle grade books have started to appeal to this reviewer, and it pleased me to see an author of historical novels taking them into the middle school ... more >
Ebooks / Publishing NewsAmazon / digital publishing / Literary Agents / scholastic10 Comments
Sunita has deemed 2010 as the Year of the Digital Backlist with the news that superagent Andrew Wylie has a) created a digital publishing arm called Odyssey Editions and b) signed a two year exclusive distribution deal with Amazon. From the Amazon Press Release: This is the first time any ... more >